TANJ

>As wisdom is clearly not collective I will not discuss further the ramifications of your sentence - seen in that light they might be wiser than the voters<g>.
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>If electronic voting has to be used, it should be handled intelligently as in Heinlein's "The Moon is a harsh Mistress".
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>>will you suggest that the collective wisdom of german citizens have not elected there wisest? I could not bear this idea. ::)
>>BTW, I still prefer the voting method from Asimovs "Election day". <g>
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>>Agnes
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>>>The german government in the spureme wisdom aquired only by politicans decided machines were safe to use because tempering with them is unlawful.
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>>>>hahaha...well by the looks of things these aren't much of a challange to a hacker anyway. I saw another article about how to open one with a key from your hotel mini-bar...geeeze
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>>>>>Come on now. Think how you'd feel if you were a hacker and there was nothing to hack. Get out and vote!
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>>>>>>If a bunch of these machines are going to be used in 2008 - is there a point in anyone voting?
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>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_re_us/voting_machine_woes;_ylt=AlwNHefF7uPwr5_C4JCXTsFvzwcF
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>>>>>>http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/07/university-cracks-every-voting-machine.html